DevOps Engineering Lead

Meraki Talent; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services client is seeking a DevOps Engineering Lead in Greater Manchester. This hybrid role requires guiding a team of 15 engineers and supporting a large-scale internal platform. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in DevOps, particularly in managing Kubernetes environments, and a passion for driving innovation and building resilient systems. Competitive salary ranges from £80,000 to £90,000.

Qualifications

• Must have full working rights in the UK.
• Willing to work 2 days a week on-site south of Manchester.

Responsibilities

• Guide a team of 15 engineers in delivering a large-scale internal platform.
• Support enterprise-grade container orchestration and shared tooling.
• Drive engineering productivity at scale.

Skills

Leading and mentoring engineering teams in DevOps environments

Designing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines

Managing enterprise Kubernetes environments

Building shared developer tools

Implementing practices for system reliability

Strategic thinking for platform evolution

Job description

DevOps Engineering Lead – North West (Hybrid – 2 days a week onsite) – £80,000 - £90,000

Meraki Talent have partnered with one of their global financial services clients as they look to add an Engineering Lead to guide a team of 15 engineers in delivering and evolving a large‑scale internal platform that supports thousands of internal users.

This role blends technical depth with strategic direction, supporting a platform that underpins enterprise‑grade container orchestration and shared tooling. You’ll help drive engineering productivity at scale, enabling developers, testers, release managers and SREs.

This is a role for someone who brings clarity, alignment, and long‑term focus to platform evolution, reliability, and security — and who is passionate about enabling teams, driving innovation, and building resilient systems.

Experience

• Leading and mentoring engineering teams in DevOps or platform engineering environments.
• Designing and optimising CI / CD pipelines for containerised workloads at scale.
• Managing enterprise Kubernetes environments (e.g. Openshift, AWS EKS, Azure AKS, GCP GKE) with a focus on multi‑tenant orchestration and high availability.
• Building shared developer tools and platforms that improve productivity across multiple teams.
• Implementing practices that enhance system reliability, such as monitoring and alerting.
• Strategic thinking to align platform evolution with long‑term engineering goals.

Please note: You must have full working rights in the UK and be willing to work 2 days a week on site south of Manchester.